Today's Clips (11/30/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Students going home from college for Thanksgiving could create a COVID crisis.

As the country approaches Thanksgiving break, there’s alarm among public health experts that the annual travel of college students from college towns to home gatherings could worsen the situation.

College students told Business Insider their plans for the holiday as they attempt to keep themselves and their families safe.

Kellan Grady is one of the best players in college basketball, and he’s easily Davidson’s biggest star.

Edrine Okong, an ambitious college golfer from Uganda, reached Howard University when an unlikely avenue opened — Warriors guard Stephen Curry donated more than $1 million to create a Division I program at one of the country’s most prestigious historically Black colleges.

CORONAVIRUS

The pandemic has changed everything about the stressful admissions process, adding even more strain on students.

There will be 100-plus games happening on Wednesday, as health officials urge the rest of us not to travel while the coronavirus surges.

Alone in her dorm room, she told me she felt smothered by anxiety.

The action comes as the university suspends in-person classes.

The pandemic shaped both Rhodes Scholars' interests and the ways winners were chosen for the venerable award, which went virtual for the first time in its 117-year history.

IN OTHER NEWS

Because cheerleading is not governed by the N.C.A.A., its participants can sign lucrative endorsement deals that would lead to punishment for most college athletes, including soon-to-be N.F.L. and N.B.A. millionaires.

Not so fast, some students say.

Students and young professionals share what they wish they knew about career development in their early college years.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham promised a free college education to all residents, but the plan was scuttled by free-falling oil prices, a reluctant Legislature and Covid-19.

Multiple NC State faculty members expressed concern about student and employee safety after seeing the news spread on Twitter.

TRADES

Students are again seeking pass-fail options for this anything-but-normal fall. Institutions are far less lenient than they were in the spring -- with some exceptions.

News of a nursing instructor’s death was tucked low in an email from Collin College’s leader. The incident has exposed a lack of trust.

The coronavirus is taking a toll on leaders, but so far it hasn’t led to a big wave of resignations. That could change next year.

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